Friday, January 9, 2004
Like Everything Else He's Done, Bush's Recovery Is A Falsehood
I will preface these comments by saying that the GDP and several other indicators have shown that the US economy is improving.
That being said, what good is an economic recovery if the more than 2.3 million Americans that have lost jobs on Mr. Bush's watch still can't find a job?
When the December jobs report came out this morning, the consensus among economists was that the economy would add around 135,000 jobs. In reality, the economy added a whopping 1,000 jobs. I'll let that sink in...
While it's sinking in, allow me to bring up the startling fact that October's positive job growth was revised DOWN to 100,000 jobs from 137,000...
And for the finale, November's number was also revised DOWN to 43,000 from 57,000.
The revisions are actually more disturbing, because these are numbers that conservatives have used to justify their claims of a healthy economy.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=&e=2&u=/ap/20040109/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy_13
Lot's of numbers. Yes. Lots of good news. No.
The rosy picture that Bush apologists like to paint of our current economic situation holds a tinge of truth, but without jobs, does the average American care? I think they would prefer knowing their job is safe and that others are out there...
On a quick aside, maybe Saddam Hussein can help us find out where all our jobs have gone since President Bush took over! Maybe they're in Syria with all the weapons of mass destruction that are nowhere to be found!
Fake economic recovery, fake justification for a war that has cost 500 US soldiers their lives, fake commitment to schools and AIDS...
Real reasons for change in 2004...
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